tuber
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tuber, tuberis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
exotic fruit; (azarole or oriental medlar); the bush (Crataegus azarolus);; apple (L+S); fruit from a kind of apple-tree;
nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →tuber, tuberis:
Common · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Agriculture
kind of apple-tree;
nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →tuber, tuberis:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
tumor, protuberance, bump, excrescence; truffle; plant with tuberous root;
acc. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- P
Adelphoe
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...pudet nihil? omnis dentis labefecit mihi, praeterea colaphis tuber est totum caput: etiam insuper defrudet? nusquam abeo..." - L
Libri XVII-XVIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...spiritus prorogetur: debilem facito manu, debilem pede coxo, tuber adstrue gibberum, lubricos quate dentes:vita dum superest, benest..." - L
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...ideo numeratur inter salubria. Quaedam prosunt nec obligant: tuber quidam tyranni gladio diuisit, qui ad occidendum eum uenerat..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...Recte, videbo te in publicum, mus, immo terrae tuber: nec sursum nec deorsum non cresco, nisi dominum tuum..." - P
Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...articulos macies, genuumque tumebat orbis, et inmodico prodibant tubere tali. 'Hanc procul ut vidit, (neque enim est accedere..."
